Welcome
from Director Gerald D. Feldman
Welcome to a new academic year at the Institute of European Studies at
Berkeley. I return to my last year of the Directorship after an interesting summer,
participating in the Berkeley-Vienna program sponsored by the Austrian Marshall
Fund in Vienna during May-June, Read more...

Rolf Schütte
German Diplomat

Diplomatic Brief: Rolf Schütte, Visiting
Scholar & New Consul-General of Germany in San Francisco
An eminent career diplomat with the German Foreign Office, Rolf Schütte
(spelled Schuette when no umlauts are available) spent
four months in Berkeley last Spring as one of IES’ Visiting Scholars.
Schütte’s sabbatical year in the US could well be a microcosm of his
peripatetic life: four months in New York, four in Washington, culminating with
four in Berkeley (not including travel back and forth to Germany to see family). Read
more...

Sir
David King,
Chief Scientific Advisor
to the British Government

Special
Event:Sir David King, Chief
Science Advisor to the British Government, Speaks on
Climate Changein conversation with Sandy
Tolan, Director, Project on International Reporting,
Graduate School of Journalism, and Michael
Pollan, Professor, Graduate School of Journalism

German
Elections: Monday
Afternoon QuarterbackingIES will hold a "Monday Afternoon
Quarterbacking" session
on the German elections. Professors Gerald
D. Feldman, Professor of
History and Director of IES, J. Nicholas
Ziegler, Professor
of Political Science, Michael Minkenberg,
Professor of Political Science, Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder,
and Tobias
Schulze-Cleven, Political Science, UC Berkeley, will
participate.
Read more ...Monday, September 19, 12 Noon, 201
Moses Hall

Other Upcoming
IES Events:Fall begins our new season of lectures,
get-togethers,
and cultural events to which the public is cordially invited.
Please join us for an event which interests you. Read
more...

In
Focus:The EU and Iran: A New Role for Old Europe?Europe and the United
States, oft-squabbling allies, have generally been in tune over how best
to deal with the three-year old nuclear standoff with Iran.
Germany, Great Britain and France — the so-called European 3 (E3) — have
represented Europe and the European Union and have taken the lead in negotiating
with Iran over its nuclear program. Read more
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New
Irish Studies Speakers Series!
IES will host a new speaker series on Irish Studies, thanks to the generous
support of the Irish government, the Irish Consulate of San Francisco in association
with the Western Institute of Irish Studies, and the Center for British Studies
at Berkeley. Read
more...

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Looking West to Washington: Select
European Media Links
Curious about European perspectives and priorities but haven't had the time
to track down links to the foreign press? IES has compiled a starter list for
you. Explore the latest headlines on Iraq, the EU constitution, terrorism,
climate change, and more to gain a broader perspective on world events. Read
more...

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Finland
in the LimelightFinland has been basking in good press during 2005.
It was voted the world's most competitive economy, its high-school
students ranked number one worldwide in educational achievement,
and the country was also named as having the world's most
sustainable ecological index. The Washington Post did
a reporters' Finland
blog investigating this phenomenon of a high-achieving,
quiet country or, as the authors put it, “the world's
most interesting country that Americans know least about”.

UC-Berkeley's own visiting scholar Pekka Himanen is featured as the opening
interviewee. Berkeley is one of the dozen or so universities in the United
States which offer the opportunity to study Finnish on
a continuing basis.

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New
Lecture Series on GermanyIES is pleased to announce a new lecture series by
the Center for German and European Studies and the American
Council on Germany.

Entitled Facing Common Challenges: The Transatlantic
Speaker Series on Germany, Europe, and the United States,
the Speaker Series will examine the impacts of Germany's
ongoing but ever changing role in international foreign
policy, economic integration, and multinational business
strategy.

Featured European Recipe: Spiced Italian
Cookies
Our IES Dessert Cookbook was such a hit a few years back that we realized our
readers might like a delicious recipe (not infrequently a family secret!)
from one of the countries we research. This issue's recipe is from Italy and
a family heirloom from Dr. Julie Taddeo. Read
more...Programs and Research:

Center for Italian Studies,
2005
The Center for Italian Studies and the Department of Italian are sponsoring
an active series of public lectures and events this coming year. Read
more...

Center for British Studies Events This Fall
The Center for British Studies has a very active Fall events schedule. Take
a look at our upcoming lectures and conferences. Read
more...Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS)IES announces its 2005-2006 FLAS recipients. Read
more...

Literary Prizes from Portuguese Studies
The Center for Portuguese Studies is pleased to award prizes for literary achievement
on the theme of Women and Immigration. Read
more...

Finnish and Baltic-Nordic Languages Web Resources IES has sponsored the development of two websites
consolidating online resources for less and least commonly
taught languages of the European far north, for the benefit
of systemwide UC students and distance-learners. UC Berkeley's
Finnish Studies program is described in detail, and links
to online courses, literature, and dictionaries in languages
ranging from Norwegian to Estonian are featured, as well.
Learn more about Finnish
Studies or Baltic-Nordic
languages.

Regardez, Ecoutez, Interagissez! Foreign Language
Interactive Teaching Methods
Désirée Pries and Françoise Sorgen-Goldschmidt
attended the “Foreign Language Education and Technology
Uniting the World” last August at Brigham Young University
in Provo, Utah. The conference offers the opportunity to “learn
of the latest in language technology theory and practice”.
Read more...
France-Berkeley Fund The year 2005 has been
one of growth and change for the
France-Berkeley Fund. Growth thanks
to the number of applications received
and grants given and changes in the
management of the Fund. Read
more...

Mellon Consortia Conference on British StudiesThe Center for British Studies is pleased to announce
the first Mellon Consortia Conference on British
Studies taking
place on the Berkeley campus, in conjunction with the University
of Chicago and Yale University. This
conference will revisit debates about economic modernization. Friday-Saturday, September 23-24, 2005

Select
Upcoming Grant & Fellowship Deadlines:American-Scandinavian
Foundation
Awards for Study in Scandinavia. Synopsis: Applicants must
have a well-defined research or study project that makes a
stay in Scandinavia essential. Projects should be planned
to fall within the summer period. For more info: amscan.orgDeadline: November 1, 2005Berkeley-Vienna Grants for short-term pre-dissertation
and dissertation research, and for short-term faculty research
in the political economy, broadly defined.Read more...
Deadlines: November 1, 2005
and January 31, 2006